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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where the revolving door was fully developed






2. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






3. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






4. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






5. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






6. Creates blue dye






7. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






8. The amount of light reflected by a hue






9. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






10. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






11. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






12. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






13. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






14. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






15. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






16. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






17. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






18. Application of potassium sulphide






19. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






20. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






21. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






22. Pale green






23. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






24. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






25. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






26. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






27. Something that supports a sculpture






28. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






29. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






30. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






31. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






32. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






33. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






34. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






35. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






36. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






37. Known for his glass sculpture






38. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






39. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






40. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






41. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






42. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






43. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






44. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






45. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






46. Technique of shading using dots to control value






47. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






48. Renowned for paintings and prints






49. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






50. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)